Housekeeping structure.



W. G. JAMES.

HOUSEKEEPING STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1906.

Patented 001;. 28, 1913.

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W. 0. JAMES.

HOUSEKEEPING STRUCTURE.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 2, 19 0B.

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APPLICATION FILED we. 2, 1906.

Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

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W. 0. JAMES.

HOUSEKEEPING STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1906.

1,077,1 98. Patented 0015.28; 1913.

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e. JAMES, or Los memes; CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application flledAuguet 2; 19082 Serial No: 82.8;973.

Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

To-all- 'wkomit may aoncemr- Be it known that I,,Wrum1m- 0.. Jms, a citizen of the: United: States residing at Los Angeles, in the-county of --An'geles. and

'5 State of Galizforni haveinvented a. new and useful House eeping, Structure, of which the following is a speeifieationa It'isof the objects of this: inventionrto provide maximum accommodations in a 11ving apartment of a given: size, witha mini- 251 there may be fully three private a artments,

comprising viz.,-a combined ath room; and bedroom, a combined: sitting-room: and-i bed-room, and a kitchen.

Another object of this invention is to pro vide for'the accommodation of a large numberof families on a given space of ground.

A further object is to provide for comfortably housin' a great number of people and small fami ice in a small space, giving perfect sanitation and a: maximum amount of light and air for each family and to provide for the greatest economy of light and space.

Figure 1 is iii-diagrammatic plan of one floor of an: apartment house comprising thisinvention as applied with sixteen apartments on each floor and occupying a space of,-say-, 4.2 feet wide-and 140 feet long,.each apartment being adapted for complete housekeeping for-a small family. Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmental plan' showing four full a artments in which the appurtenances are difi'erentiy adjusted for various uses. Fig. 3 is a fragmental plan section: on line '02 Fig. Dotted lines indicate diiferenu ositions of operative parts. Fig. 4! is a ken fragmental sectional elevationonw linear; Fig. 2. Figs? is a fragmentai sectional elevation so; Fig: 2.. Fig.6 1s

a 'fiagmental sectional elevation on line a,-

Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a broken sectional eleva ;t1on.on.= line a, Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a fragmenital' detail. of the combined couch and bathtub cover with one form of curtain attachment detached therefrom. Fig. 9 is a fragmentat detail of said combined couch and cover w th a curtain attachment in place. Dotted lines indicate upright position. Fig. 1 0. Is afragmental' view from line :0 Fig. 3, showing the kitchen doors open with table-top and and stove in place on the same. 1 1g. 1-] 1s a view similar to Fig. 5, showing 111; ,use aform of curtain or screen difiercnt from that shown in said Fig. 5. Fig. 12 is a plan; of the form of device shown in Fig. 11. F 1g.v 13 is an enlarged sectional detail plan of the device shown in Figs. 11 and 12. F g. 14 is a. fragmental elevation of the curtain on screen shown in' Figs. 11, 12, and 13. .Fig. is am enlarged sectional plan of the curtain arm and leaf. Fig.16 is a fragmental sectional elevation on line :0 Fig. 2, looking right. Fig. 17 is a fragmental sectional elevation on line :22", Fig. 2, looking right.

Arrows on: the lines of section in the sevv eral views indicate the direction of sight.

1 1n.- a general Way designates an embodiment of my condensed house-keeping structure with sixteen apartments to a floor. 2 designates the inelosures of the several apartments, each being, say seventeen feet square embracing a room 3 adapted for a parlor, sitting-room and general livingrcom, and also dining room and bed-room as occasion. may require. Said room 3 forms a main portion of each apartment and may be seventeen feet long by fourteen feet wide, thus leaving'at the end of the apartment a space three feet wide extending thereacross and which may comprise a clothes; closet 4 with wali bed 5 and library door 6 therein; kitchen 7 havingv double doors and which mag be provided with a combination dish-' sin wash-tub, lavatory and drainboard 8, shown in my application for patent for sanitary kitchen, lavatory and laundry appliance, filed December 26, 1905, Serial Number 293,212; cupboard 9, swinging stove 10- on one of the doors 11, a diningtable top 12 on. the other door 13, and a water closet 14. By reference to Fig. 4, the end of thcapartment thus out off will be seen. showing the face view of the library door6, the wall-bed 5, the double doors 11 and 13 of the kitchen, and the compartment door 15 of the water-closet 14. In the room 3, opposite the end thus cut off, I provide a combined couch and bath-tub 16 comprising the tub proper 17 on the elongated upholstered box 18 provided with an upholstered top 19 and adapted to inclose a form and cover for the bath-tub 17 when the box-like cover 18 is in horizontal position. Said box-like cover is adapted to stand in horizontal and in upright position and is hinged at one end to the floor 65 as at 20, and said hinge is normal to the horizontal top of the cover to form a stable base for the cover when the cover is set upright on end. Said cover is internally provided with a curtain 21, 21, connected with the front wall of said cover and adapted to be drawn across the room in various ways as indicated in Fig. 2 to provide different compartments in the room 3. Said curtain may be variously constructed, and in the accompanying drawing two forms of curtain are shown, one being a roller curtain as shown in Figs. 5 and 8, and another form being a running or folding curtain as shown in Flgs. 11 to 14. Said curtain is preferably detachable from the bath-tub cover, and this may be accomplished as shown in Fig. 8.

by mounting the roller 22 of the curtain on a bar 23 having slots 24 to fit over studs 25 which may be round headed screws screwed into the inside of the front wall of the bathtub cover 18.

The purpose of detachably attaching the curtain to the bath-tub cover is to enable the housewife to remove the curtain from the bath-tub cover when the same is raised and attach the same by means of bar 23 to any support, as the walls of the room which may be provided at appropriate points with screws or studs 26 for the slots 24.

27, 27 designate fasteners, as a hook and an eye, on the usual curtain strip 28. The form of curtain shownin Figs. 11 to 14 may be preferable in many instances to that detailed in Figs. 8 and 9. In such form the curtain may be detachably attached to the cover 18 by hinge pieces 29 adapted to form a hinge with pins 30 on the cover. To the upper one of said hinge pieces is rigidly attached a tubular arm 31 tapering to a point 32 where there is a hole through which a wire or other suitable connection 33 is led to a spring 34 which is contained in the tube 31 and which tends to draw the connection into the tube. The outer end of the connection 33 is preferably provided with an eye 35 in which is fastened another connection 36 provided at its end with an attaching device 37 which may be either a hook or a ring to fasten to attaching deyices 38 in the wall, which devices may be tain 21 will be run, said arm being of such length as to accommodate all of the rings and to fold into the cover 18 to be out of the way when not in use.

40 is a leaf hinged to the cover 18 to hold the curtain in place when the same is folded inside said cover. The leaf and the arm 31 are fixed to each other and swing together. The curtain 21 is preferably of sufficient length to hang nearly or quite to the floor when the connection 36 is stretched and fastened to its appropriate hook or eye -,38 on the wall or other support, so that when the bath-tub cover 18 is up-ended the arm 31 may be swung out of the cover and the connection 36 stretched across the intervening space where the curtain is to be stretched, and hooked in place; and then the curtain can be drawn across to form a partition across the room approximately equal to the height of the bath-tub cover which will form a portion of said partition. When thus fastened, the spring 34 serves as a take-up to hold the connections taut to support the curtain without sagging.

41 designates a rod, and 42 various supports therefor in the form of eyes by one of which the rod is shown hinged in Fig. 7 to a post 43 of the partition 44 at the end of the compartment between the same and the kitchen. A number of eyes 42 may be provided at various places to serve as rod supports, see Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 7. Said rod is detachably mounted near the top of the door at a height corresponding to that of the arm 31, and the end of said rod is adapted for connection with the ring or hook 37 on the end of the connection 36, or with a like fastening on the curtain strip 28 whereby the curtain may be fastened thereby to allow the curtain to be drawn to join the edge of the open kitchen door 13, thus to shut ofi from the side of the room which is provided with the library door 6 and bed 5, that side of the room which is provided with the kitchen 7 and water-closet 14, and yet rovide a swinging door between the two sides of the rooms.

The tubular arm 31, connection 33 and spring 34 serve the purpose of a curtain rod which is indicated in a general way by the character 41.

The kitchen, Water-closet, and bath-tub are arranged at one side of the inclosure which is provided with outside windows 45,

46 and 47 in the outside wall 48 of the apartcompartment communicating with said common ball through entrance doors 49 which are double doors hinged together in wellknownway to forrn a dead wall, as shown in .Fig. 3. By arranging .thebath-tub on the outer .side of the inclosure'b posite the entrance side, alon'g with the-kitchen and water .closet, it lis m ade convenient. to set ofithe ,kitchen' for use "of the, housewife while .the-recept1on room into which the door49 enters, is devoted to other members of the family .or to visitors. 1 Provision is thus made for ample, light for the culinary operations while preparing a meal.

The stove is mounted on the door 11 .whichisnext to thewatercloset 14, sothat when the door 11 iss'wung open it will enter into the compartment a set-apart from that which forms the reception room 6.

51 designates a translucent panel in the wall 52 between the water-closet 14 andthe kitchen 7. By this means the light shining through the window 47 will pass on through into the kitchen. Said panel will be su'tficientl opaque to out off the view between I the kitchen and the closet. A'curtain', not

shown, may be provided for such panel if desired.

53 designates a light andair passage above the water-closet 14. The closet leiis tightly inclosed by plastered wall and ceiling 52, and is provided with theusual seat and tans 54 and 55. The box 18 may also be provided with toilet appliances as. mirror 56 hinged by arm 57 to the box, the same being arranged to fold into and out of the box for storage when the box is down (to cover the bath-tub) and to be brought out of the box when the same is up-ended, as shown in Figs. 5, 11, 12, 13. The box may also be provided on the inside with a towel-rack 58 and swinging soap-dish 59, so that when the box I is brought upright, as shown in said figures,

the same would be accessible to the person who is in the bath. The arm 31 and the leaf 40 may be mounted on a Z-shaped hinges piece 29hinged at 61 inside the box 18 and let into a "slot 62 in the edge of said box, so

. that in open position the arm and leaf may serve as a center-table and to receive the din ing-table top 12 when it is desired to use the 0 room as a dining-room.

67 designates a counterbalance weight for the couch-forming bath-tub cover or box- 18, to hold said cover upright. Said weight is located in that corner of the cover that is above the ed e to which the hinges 20 are fastened, so t at when the box is up-ended the-weight gives it stability. I, It is'to be understood that I do not limit myself to thespecific means shown by which to carry out the invention, asI propose to usevarious equivalents for some of the devices herein shown, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

It will be seen from the foregoing that my condensed apartment house. is constructed with a plurality of reversely-arranged inclosures of corresponding constructionyeach of said inclosures being provided internally with a partition near one end comprising movable portions forming a library door, a wall bed, and kitchen and closet doors to. form behind said partition space for a clothes closet, kitchen and water-closet; and that said inclosures are reversely arranged in consecutive order, so that like ends'of alternate inclosures will be juxtaposed, thereby bringing the kitchen and closet plumbing 68, 69, of every pair of inclosures together at one partition wall 70 of each inclosure, while the plumbing'71 of the bath-tub of 'one inclosure of eachpair will be at the op.

posite partition, or end wall 72 of such in closure, thus bringing like plumbing together throughout, except at apartment house.

What I claim is 1. Astructure provided. at oneend witha partition partly formed of a"'door, a rod connected to the partition 'at said door near the top thereof, and an open box-like cover hinged. at one end of the inclosure to the floor and adapted when stood on end to form a portion of a partition, and a curtain vertically supported byv the hollow cover when the cover is in its upright position,

said curtain being connected with said cover and rod to form a partition having an opening' closed by said door.

2.' A structure provided at one end with a partition partly formed of a door, said door, when open, allowing passage through the partition, a rod connected with said partition at said door, and extending over the passage, a hollow cover hin ed to the fioor and adapted to stand in horizontal and upright positions, and adapted when stoodon the ends of the end, to form a part of said partition, a

connection connected with the hollow cover and adapted tobe connected with the rod,

inclosure, a curtain vertically supported at one end by the hollow cover when the cover is in its upright position, and means for securing the other end of the curtain to a wall of the inclosure to form with the hollow cover a partition in said inclosure.

4. In a structure having swinging doors, a hollow cover hinged at one end to the floor and adapted to stand on end to form a portion of a partition for the apartment, and a curtain vertically supported at one end by the cover when in upright position and extendible to the edge of the swinging door to form a partition and having an opening controlled by the swinging door; and means for securin the other end of the curtain to a wall of t e inclosure adjacent the door.

5. A structure comprising an inclosure and provided with a hollow box-like cover hinged to the floor of the inclosure so as to he stood on end, a curtain holder hingedly connected to fold into and out of the cover, and a curtain carried by the holder forming with said cover a partition from said wall to another portion of the apartment.

6. In a structure, the combination with inclosing Walls and a floor, of a cover hinged to the floor and adapted to stand in horizontal and upright positions; a tubular arm having a hole in the end thereof and hinged to the cover and adapted to fold into and out of the same, a spring in said arm, a con nection connected with the spring and extending through the hole, and means for emma 8. In a structure, a floor, a hollow cover hinged at one end to the floor and adapted when stood upright to form part of a partition, and means for carrying a curtain lnside of said cover, said curtain being extensible and forming when the cover is in upright position, a partition.

9. In a structure provided with a floor and a swinging door, a cover hinged at one end to the floor and adapted to stand upright, and a curtain connected with and adapted to be stored within the cover and extensible from the cover when the cover is in upright position to combine with the swinging door of the apartment to form a partition.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California this 27th day of July 1906.

, WILLARD C. JAMES.

In presence of JAMES R. TOWNSEND, BEULAH TOWNSEND. 

